Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a Diameter network device which may include a storage configured to store one or more global variables, a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: establish an object within the memory representative of a global variable; configure the object to access fields of the global variable including a property of the network device which was modified; and access via the object an attribute for the global variable.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and machine-readable medium including one or more of the following: instructions for processing a received Diameter message according to a plurality of proxylets; and instructions for defining a plug-in framework as a proxylet of the plurality of proxylets, including: instructions for retrieving a plug-in chain identifying a sequence of plug-ins; instructions for determining a current plug-in based on the plug-in chain; and instructions for evaluating plug-in instructions associated with a current plug-in.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a network device, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including: instructions for associating a received response message with a previously-processed request message; instructions for evaluating operator-defined rules at run-time with respect to the received response message, the instructions for evaluating including: instructions for processing the previously-processed request as an outgoing request in response to encountering a first reference in an operator-defined rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a first Diameter message at the DRA; evaluating a first rule, including accessing data from a generic binding context object including: locating a record associated with a key specified by the first rule, and retrieving the data from the record; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the first rule. Various embodiments additionally relate to receiving a second Diameter message at the DRA; and evaluating a second rule, including accessing the generic binding context object, including storing the data in the record associated with the key.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and machine-readable medium including one or more of the following: instructions for processing a received Diameter message according to a plurality of proxylets; and instructions for defining a plug-in framework as a proxylet of the plurality of proxylets, including: instructions for retrieving a plug-in chain identifying a sequence of plug-ins; instructions for determining a current plug-in based on the plug-in chain; and instructions for evaluating plug-in instructions associated with a current plug-in.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a Diameter network device which may include a storage configured to store one or more global variables, a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: establish an object within the memory representative of a global variable; configure the object to access fields of the global variable including a property of the network device which was modified; and access via the object an attribute for the global variable.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) for managing a Diameter queue, the method comprising: identifying throttling rules which dictate the rate at which a message in the Diameter queue will be transmitted; determining throttling rules that are applicable to the message; applying the determined throttling rules to the message; and determining an action to take based upon the applied throttling rules.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying a context artifact, wherein the context artifact defines a context object type for use by the DRA; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object of the context object type defined by the context artifact; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device, wherein the Diameter message is associated with a subscriber; establishing a subscriber record context object in response to receiving the Diameter message, wherein the subscriber record context object is associated with a subscriber record of the subscriber; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the subscriber record context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object in response to receiving the Diameter message; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, via a user interface of the DRA, a request to define a rule; retrieving metadata associated with a context object; determining that a component specified by the metadata is an enumerated type component; presenting, via the user interface, a first displayed component for the enumerated type component, wherein the first displayed component is associated with a numeric value; presenting, via the user interface, a second displayed component for the enumerated type component, wherein the second displayed component is associated with an alphanumeric value; and receiving, via the user interface, a rule definition, wherein receiving the rule definition comprises receiving a selection of at least one of the first displayed component and the second displayed component.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; determining a received message type of the received Diameter message; determining an inverse message type based on the received message type; establishing an inverse message context object based on the inverse message type, wherein the inverse message context object provides access to a related Diameter message of the received Diameter message; processing the received Diameter message, wherein processing includes accessing the inverse message context object; and transmitting a message based on the processing.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a routing decision context object in response to receiving the Diameter message, wherein the routing decision context object is associated with a destination device chosen to receive a previous message; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the routing decision context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying a context artifact, wherein the context artifact defines a context object type for use by the DRA; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object of the context object type defined by the context artifact; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device, wherein the Diameter message is associated with a subscriber; establishing a subscriber record context object in response to receiving the Diameter message, wherein the subscriber record context object is associated with a subscriber record of the subscriber; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the subscriber record context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of displaying a Diameter network having a local node, a peer connected to the local node, and a realm contactable by the local node via the peer. The method includes drawing the local node as a vertex of a graph; drawing a peer that has been configured for communication with the local node as a second vertex of the graph; drawing a first connection status between the local node and the peer as an edge of the graph; determining, for a Diameter route to a realm, that the local node does not have a peer for the realm; drawing the realm as a third vertex of the graph; determining that messages to the realm should be routed to the peer; and drawing a second connection status for the Diameter route as an edge between the realm and the peer.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device, wherein the Diameter message is associated with a subscriber; establishing a subscriber record context object in response to receiving the Diameter message, wherein the subscriber record context object is associated with a subscriber record of the subscriber; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the subscriber record context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying a context artifact, wherein the context artifact defines a context object type for use by the DRA; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object of the context object type defined by the context artifact; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object in response to receiving the Diameter message; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object in response to receiving the Diameter message; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.